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Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Oakland Protests, led by Blacks, supported by Asians and Whites, close down Pig Headquarters

Protesters chain themselves to Oakland police HQ; 25 arrested

Oakland
police arrested at least 13 demonstrators protesting killings by police
in New York and Missouri, after they chained themselves to police
headquarters.

Twenty-five
protesters were arrested Monday after they chained themselves to doors
and a flagpole at the Oakland Police Department headquarters.
The
demonstrators were protesting killings by police in New York and
Missouri, including the slayings of Eric Garner and Michael Brown.

Protesters
chained together block the intersection of Broadway and 7th Street in
front of the Oakland Police Department on Monday.

CaptionOakland protest

Ben Margot / Associated Press

A protester hangs a banner atop the flagpole of the Oakland Police Department on Monday.

CaptionOakland protest

Justin Sullivan / Getty Images

Protesters
assemble in front of the Oakland Police Department headquarters during a
demonstration over recent grand jury decisions in police-involved
deaths.

CaptionOakland protest

Ben Margot / Associated Press

Protesters huddle under umbrellas and use a banner for rain shelter outside Oakland Police Department headquarters.

Protesters block an entrance to the Oakland Police Department headquarters during a demonstration Monday.

A live-stream video via Blackout Collective shows demonstrators
blocking a doorway outside the headquarters and singing, “Calling out
the violence of the racist police” as they were taken into custody by
officers.
Oakland police said Monday afternoon that 25 people had
been arrested on suspicion of obstructing and blocking a public safety
building and delaying a police officer.
One protester climbed a
flagpole and raised a banner, which protesters said commemorated men and
women killed by police. Protesters chained shut four of the building's
entrances and then chained themselves to the doors.

"Three
of these doors are our main ingress and egress for the public and
Oakland Police Department personnel," police said in a statement. "As a
result, the public could not access important police services, such as
reporting crimes, obtaining public records, accessing necessary
paperwork for vehicle impound releases and property releases."

Using
a pair of cutters, officers cut chains from the protesters and removed
them from the front doors of the police headquarters, which had been
sealed shut.

A
woman filming the demonstrations said on live video that 100 protesters
had been marching through the rain-soaked streets of Oakland since 7:30
a.m. She tweeted, "I repeat OPD is shut down!!!"

Elsewhere,
Oakland police said a dozen protesters were chained to one another and
were blocking the intersection of Broadway and 7th Street. Protesters
also were chained together on the northbound Interstate 880 at Broadway,
closing access to the freeway ramp.
The Oakland police's hostage negotiating team was on hand to deal with protesters.

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